Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 25 June 2015 — EE v Commission

(Case F-55/14) ¹

(Civil Service — Contractual staff — Non-renewal of fixed-term contract — Claims for annulment — Renewal procedure — Article 41(2)(a) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Right to be heard — Disregard — Claims for compensation — Non-material harm)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: EE (represented by: L. Levi and A. Tymen, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall and T.S. Bohr, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the decision not to renew the applicant’s contract, which should have been of indefinite duration.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

Annuls the decision of the European Commission not to renew the contract of EE as a member of the contractual staff, communicated orally on 14 October 2013, confirmed by the note of 31 October 2013 and explained in the note of 13 December 2013;

Orders the European Commission to pay EE the sum of EUR 10 000;

Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by EE.

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¹ OJ C 421, 24.11.2014, p. 59.